Leadership is about people and making changes that require persuasion to provide a purpose, direction, as well as the ability to motivate. Providing the purpose will give your employee a reason why they should do the task assign under any circumstances. As a leader, you must establish and set priorities, and explain the importance and focus on the task, so that employee will function more efficiently.

     

      A leader must also know how to provide direction that will give employees an orientation to the tasks to be accomplished based on the priorities set forth by the leader. The standard that you have established and enforce will give your employees training to promote confidence in themselves. Leaders provide direction by; knowing and maintaining standards, setting goals, planning, making decisions and solving problems, supervising and evaluating, teaching, coaching, counseling, and training. By providing motivation, it will provide the employees the will to do everything they are capable of doing to accomplish the task. This will also causes the employees to use initiative when they see the need for action. Leaders should motivate their employees by caring for them, sharing knowledge, challenging them with training, developing them into a cohesive team, rewarding successes, and giving them responsibility that they can handle.